| Gmina Korfantów Korfantów Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Korfantów): 50°30′N17°36′E / 50.500°N 17.600°E Coordinates: 50°30′N17°36′E / 50.500°N 17.600°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Opole | ||
| County | Nysa | ||
| Seat | Korfantów | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 179.78 km2 (69.41 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 9,784 | ||
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 1,883 | ||
| • Rural | 7,901 | ||
| Website | http://www.korfantow.pl | ||
Gmina Korfantów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Korfantów, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nysa and 30 km (19 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Nysa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nysa, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. The county contains four other towns: Głuchołazy, 18 km (11 mi) south of Nysa, Paczków, 24 km (15 mi) west of Nysa, Otmuchów, 12 km (7 mi) west of Nysa, and Korfantów, 20 km (12 mi) east of Nysa.
Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province, is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Silesia. A relatively large German minority, with representatives in the Sejm, lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes.
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The gmina covers an area of 179.78 square kilometres (69.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,784 (out of which the population of Korfantów amounts to 1,883, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,901).
